robert j sawyer

I have the honour of having been invited to participate in an online author roundtable event alongside Greg Bear, Brenda Cooper and Robert J Sawyer. It starts on the 6th July and runs for four days at: Authors of the Roundtable: Greg Bear, Robert J. Sawyer, Brenda Cooper and Ralph Kern It's...

Is anyone here a big fan of Robert J Sawyer? I ask because when I read about SF or talk to others I never hear mention of him, despite the fact that he's won many SF awards including the Hugo and Nebula. I like his work. I like to consider him the Canadian Michael Crichton. This is because he...

Foreigner Robert J. Sawyer Tor, Jul 2005, $13.95 ISBN 0765309726 Afsan’s Saurian punishment for declaring that the Face of God is a planet that the Qintaglio home sphere orbits as its inner most moon was being blinded. His related theory that their “orb” will be destroyed in about a century is...

Frameshift Robert J. Sawyer Tor, Nov 2005, $14.95 ISBN: 0765313162 In Berkley, California, French-Canadian research molecular biologist Pierre Tardivel works on the Human Genome Project even as he expects to die soon due to the probability that he suffers from terminal genetic Huntington’s...

Rollback Robert J. Sawyer Tor, Apr 2007, $24.95 ISBN: 0765311089 Almost four decades ago back in 2010 astronomer Sarah Halifax, closing in on her fiftieth birthday, translated the first known message from outer space. She was part of a team that in turn provided mankind’s response back to the...

WWW: Wake Robert J. Sawyer Ace, Apr 2009, $24.95 ISBN: 0441016790 Blind teenage mathematical genius Caitlin Decter is a wonder with her effortless ability to surf the Internet. Her brain compensating for her lack of sight has embellished her other senses enabling her to easily travel the web...

Calculating God Robert J. Sawyer Tor, Mar 3 2009, $14.95 ISBN: 0765322897 Hollus the arachnid space traveler arrives on earth in Toronto. The “ET” enters the Royal Ontario Museum stating: “Take me to a paleontologist”. She has come to the third planet to discuss her people’s empirical evidence...

Flashforward Robert J. Sawyer Tor, Sep 2009, $7.99 ISBN: 9780765324139 In 2009 some of the world’s leading research physicists gather at the CERN research facility to conduct an experiment using the Hardon Collider to “capture” the Higgs Boson subatomic particle. The lead scientists Lloyd...

WWW: WATCH Robert J. Sawyer Ace, Apr 2010, $24.95 ISBN: 9780441018185 Mathematical prodigy Caitlin Decter was born blind. When she was fifteen years old she underwent an experimental treatment of an implant inside her brain enabling her to see the world for the first time. However an unexpected...

WWW: Wonder Robert J. Sawyer Ace, Apr 5 2011, $25.95 ISBN: 9780441019762 Webmind the essence that consciously evolved from the internet continues to prove its altruistic intentions of helping humanity on a variety of fronts like the cure for cancer. However, the American government pushed by...

Mindscan Robert J. Sawyer Tor, Dec 6 2011, $14.99 ISBN: 9780765329905 In 2018 in Port Credit near Tornado, brewery owner Cliff Sullivan is rushed to the hospital. Dr. Thanh explains to his wife and son that Cliff suffers from Katerinsky Syndrome, which leaves him a vegetable until he dies...

Triggers Robert J. Sawyer Ace, Apr 3 2012, $25.95 ISBN 9781937007164 Near the Washington Monument, an assassin shoots President Seth Jerrison from behind as he gives a speech on terrorist attacks in Chicago, San Francisco and Philadelphian. Secret Service Agent Susan Dawson takes charge of the...

So what does everyone think of Robert J. Sawyer? I ask because I see that he's been nominated/won many awards in the science-fiction world. I'v started reading him only recently, and really enjoy what I'v read so far. His writing is easy to read, which makes his books more accessible. I...

The TV show Flash Forward just started in our country and it's pretty intriguing so far, then I saw it was based on this guys novel. Please tell me is he a good writer and are his stories good? What are your thoughts on him as a writer?

A group of scientists conduct a cutting-edge experiment at the CERN facility on the French-Swiss border. At the precise moment the experiment begins, every single human being in the world blacks out. For two minutes they experience a lucid vision of the world as it will be in 2030, twenty-one...

I think it's a great book about "uploading" the human mind into the computer of an android... Anyone read this one? Any thoughts?